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Month: September 2020
Hamilton on Foreign Policy #151: Elections are Fundamental
Elections are the hallmark of representative democracy. As a nation, we put a great deal of faith in elections, and the voting process. We abide by their results. Elections are fundamental to our system of government. We commit to a peaceful transfer of power to the election winners. Elections are the way we do business… Read more »
Hamilton on Foreign Policy #150: Policymaking Requires Trust
Trust and distrust are fundamental ingredients of representative democracy.
Students Gain Vital Experience with Virtual Summer Study Abroad Program
Last February, Nicole Murillo received the exciting news that her study abroad application was approved, and she would be spending the summer living with a family in Taiwan and learning Chinese as part of the Hamilton Lugar School’s Language Workshop. In March, she received very different news. All overseas travel had been suspended and the… Read more »
Democratic and Republican National Conventions Highlight Importance of Voting and Global Affairs
At a time when a pandemic is gripping the world, China is undermining democratic movements in Hong Kong and abroad, Russia is working to disrupt elections in Europe and the United States, global climate change looms as an existential threat, and immigration continues to be at the highest level since World War II, the global… Read more »
Hamilton on Foreign Policy #149: Nuclear Weapons Remain an Existential Threat
Seventy-five years ago, the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, bringing an end to World War II and sounding a warning about the devastating power of nuclear weapons.